I’m moving - buy my stuff! • 07.19.08
I posted it on craigslist.
I could only post four photos with the ad - e-mail reply to the ad and then come over and buy my stuff!
Here’s the link!
Archive for the ‘MN’
Free tonight? Get out of the rain and into the library! • 06.11.08
Fruit Platter: An Evening with Award-Winning GLBT Writers!
Quatrefoil Library hosts a reading and reception with award-winning GLBT writers Jane Levin, Barrie Jean Borich, Chris Pommier, and William Reichard on June 11 at 7:30 pm. The library is located at 1619 Dayton Ave. in St Paul, MN. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For more information about the authors, please see details below.
Jane Levin’s poems have appeared in over two dozen publications and the forthcoming anthologies Drash: Northwest Mosaic and Best Lesbian Poetry 2008. She is the recipient of a Howard B. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment grant and a Jerome Foundation/Intermedia Arts Mentorship in Poetry.
Barrie Jean Borich is the nonfiction editor of Water~Stone Review, author of My Lesbian Husband, winner of an American Library Association GLBT Nonfiction Book Award, and a member of the MFA faculty of Hamline University.
Chris Pommier is a poet, freelance writer, editor and recipient of a Jerome Foundation/Intermedia Arts Mentorship in Poetry. His poems have been published in Kingfisher, the Big Q, Right Hand Pointing, and Silent Actor. Currently, he is writing for the grassroots citizen journalism portal, Twin Cities Daily Planet.
William Reichard’s first collection of poetry, An Alchemy in the Bones, won a Minnesota Voices Project Prize, and his novella, Harmony, was the recipient of an Evergreen Chronicles National Novella Prize. He is City Arts Program Director and faculty member of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs.
The MC for the evening will be Linnea Stenson, Academic Dean at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 2004 Grand Marshal of Twin Cities Pride, and former Director of the U of M Schochet Center for GLBT Studies.
Questions? Please call (651-641-0969) or email (info@qlibrary.org).
Mr. Zonday’s Neighborhood • 05.24.08
I am 99% sure that I saw Tay Zonday today.
Who, you say?
The Chocolate Rain guy!
I was out biking in NE Mpls/St. Anthony Village. First I stopped at Urban Harvest for a sandwich (which, by the way, is right next to Rosackers which I LOVE love LOVE). Then, I went to Caribou for a cold tasty beverage.
Sidenote: NE Mpls needs more bike corrals. Especially in business that aren’t right on the street. There was nowhere to lock my bike. Uncool!
Anyway, I was sitting outside drinking my vanilla cooler when I saw a white Lincoln/Mercury drive up.
The following was my thought process at the time:
“Oh wow. That old lady looks just like Tay Zonday.”
“Hey wait a second - that’s a 12 year old boy.”
“No, that’s Tay Zonday.”
(he goes in to GNC)
“I’m losing it! I saw the new Weezer video yesterday. I must be mistaken.”
(he comes out of GNC)
“OMG That *is* Tay Zonday! Should I say something?”
(he drives off)
At the risk of looking/sounding creepy, I said nothing.
I wonder how I can find out if it was, in fact, Tay Zonday.
Curious.
My gaydar kicks ass • 04.15.08
Thanks, Jason.
Score!
*I’ve yet to see Jana on t.v. Actually, I hadn’t heard of her until I read the above mentioned blog post 20 minutes ago. Interesting.
In somewhat related news (as Sven is their spokesperson), please Dine Out For Life on Thursday! I’ve been going for years now. It’s for a good cause and it’s all kinds of crazy delicious.
Nobody’s Going Uptown • 04.06.08
Calhoun Square sucks < -- (not worth linking to - the website is outdated and very few of the shops listed on there are still open).
There, I said it.
There's nothing there!
Ever since Beeswax left, the place just hasn't been the same.
I did manage to score a bracelet at ZRS Fossils (http://www.zrsfossils.com), for what it's worth. Looks like most shops are closing there within the month.
The Lotus - closed (http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/dining/16594551.html). (NOOOO!)
Gelato place - closed.
Cigar shop - closed.
Luggage place - closed.
Upstairs? - Not much!
There is a cool magnet shop (http://www.houseofgauss.com/), Magnetic Originals, on the second level. I talked to the owner, Jeff, for quite a while. Great guy. He has some nice art work up there. I'm really interested in one of his smaller paintings. Unfortunately, it's not for sale.
Thank goodness (http://magersandquinn.com/) Magers & Quinn across the street is still open. I still can't manage to leave that place without buying a book. :)
*html code is being wonky at the moment
A Walk In The Park • 04.06.08
Yesterday, I hopped over to the other side of the river and went for a walk in Battle Creek Park.
The weather was perfect!
Some of the path was a bit muddied over and other parts were still covered with snow.
The 65 degree temperature and sun are no match for the pine and birch shade, I guess!
I walked and walked - for about 90 minutes.
Here are two photos that I took during the walk.
1) during a rare moment of clouds blocking the sun
2) swamp-tastic
I’m headed outside again today.
I’m determined.
It’s DARK and raining like crazy. I have stuff to do at home, but damn - a girl’s gotta move.
In random news - my VCR/DVD clock jumped ahead one hour.
Now I’m questioning what time I went to bed last night - perhaps I got one more hour of sleep than I thought?
Perhaps. That would be nice.
It’s March! • 03.22.08
*I began writing this post on March 1st or 2nd. Whoa. I really need to pick up the pace here!
I’m so glad it’s March.
In honor of this fabulous month and the springtime that is coming closer each day, I am going to write all about me.
ME!
What’s new in my world… well…
Amazon Bookstore - For Sale! • 02.12.08
I got home late and someone beat me to the punch by posting this in the livejournal twin_cities community, but it deserves to be posted here as well.
I can definitely say that I saw it coming.
Slumping sales.
Selling off their video/dvd rental collection, and so on.
I’ll miss you, Amazon.
I’d buy ya if I could afford ya.
Oldest feminist bookstore.
Super freakin’ awesome.
I’ve been going there since I was in my mid-teens and have seen the store through three different locations.
I received the following e-mail today:
Dear Amazon friends,
I want to let you all know that I have decided to leave the bookstore. I have worked at Amazon for over twenty years and have come to know many of you and cherish the connections I have made here. But it is time for a change in my life, and I want to move in different directions. I had hoped that the younger staff currently working at the store would be able to carry it on, but because of the financial condition of the store, that is not a possibility.
So we have decided to sell Amazon Bookstore. We are hoping to find a buyer/buyers within the next few months.
Amazon Bookstore has been a vital part of the Twin Cities feminist and GLBT community for over 37 years. In recent years, Amazon has also functioned as a neighborhood bookstore, providing a focal point for literary and progressive books and events. We are hoping that there will be an individual or a group of individuals that want to carry on the vision of the store or recreate it into a vision of their own.
Please email me at the store, barb@amazonbookstorecoop.com for a copy of our sale proposal and with any questions you might have.
It has been a great privilege to have worked at Amazon Bookstore for so long, and I feel very grateful to all of you for the support you have shown the store over the years. I hope in the upcoming months that I get to see many of you to express my gratitude personally.
Barb Wieser
General Manager
Amazon Bookstore Cooperative
Opposable Thumbs $1 books • 01.20.08
All books at Opposable Thumbs are $1.
Most vinyl is, also (most, but not all).
Seriously - run, don’t walk to Opposable Thumbs.
They still have a LARGE amount of stuff.
I went there today but didn’t have the time (or patience) to dig through the books. I believe they’re open until 5:00pm.
Many customers were lamenting the closing of the store which is apparently due to multiple factors (said the clerk) - “Recession, Bridge Collapse, etc.” Bummer.
Snowed In • 12.23.07
Well it’s a drifty, cold, and snowy day.
I barely made it up all the hills near my house to make the (usually) short trek to my parents’ place.
I’ve never had the “low traction” light come on so many times while driving.
The good news is that the drive home is (mostly) downhill.
The bad news is that it’s still blowing snow like crazy (and still snowing fresh new stuff) so the plows haven’t been out yet.
I’m hoping they’ll make it out before I head home.
In local news, Opposable Thumbs bookstore (on Johnson St. inbetween 28th and 29th Aves NE) is closing.
I can’t find any photos of the store. I need to take one SOON before they take their sign down.
I’m extremely sad about this closing as the store hasn’t been around for long and it had extrememly reasonabe prices for old, out of print, first edition, and signed copies of often hard to find books.
I’ll miss you, Opposable Thumbs. I hope I can make it over there before you close - I can’t pass up 50% off books!
In the New Year, the location will be housed by Crafty Planet (which is currently located on the SW corner of Lowry Ave. and Stinson Blvd).
